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10 yO<!b*i<- Conaola name a qoo-ationa by the |
tu-mw'i f r ‘"*- br ; r _ £- t rA,OO O in specie.
• •• ■• aii 00 the cotton wharf at |
. 1 f . OoiibaT Sit Itres had been lost.
i’ , i v,oil announces that France rejects the
,’ , ‘ o f Catholic Powers to maintain the
lemon rat power of the Pope. I
V re'. >rted that Datton, minister from the
* “ .valee,” remonstrated agsioat the article in i
it e Pstr e ‘
II an saltation 1! increasing. Thirty thou- I
e.id
I' 1 el-re j ondn commenced Saturday and!
ragsii’ I night, destieying 4'j.MW bales of Amfti-
July 2.— The World says Vienna ;
r if r !■_ ,avs the President's Message will j
: li * 1 r ‘J f „/■ im - No advance copies will
not exceed lour coiuiuu*. r
‘i*a battle occur near, Gen. Scott will com- j
baa decided on no grand advance, ;
the Time# #/•-
Julv 3.—Fremont assnnries cotn
, r,]'rf Weitero Virginia relieving CeClelian ;
U \ ‘r.-r-v id# Gen. Patterson, who has 30,0u0 J
iTc-n and does nothing.
vr f nment is losing confidence in Geu. !
4. j t whose health ia bad.
jt {* is-r id knowing circles that hopes of J
r( e. j;3 ,nous from the Confederates delay
federal moveoienia.
Haoxb-town, July ?.—A dispatch over R. Pat j
tfr* M • ‘-era! Commanding,a, signature, j
c ned t“ • <f river, near Martinsburg, states that ;
: Southerners. Patterson regreta j
tna* t were killed and ten wounded.
Th • lie gratifies Gen. ScoU vjery much.
Yoke, July 3.—The Post’s Washington j
n*: gays there are many evidences of
(■ - eedv id vac :e on Fair-ax. Immense arm a- ;
rir it- aid have been sent over the
Potomac and there is unusual military activity. I
in otary C 1 “ inalructs the Philadelphia
Mint to hold a i amount of the bullion belong
ing to aG or/ * Rank till Georgia returns to her
a! effi&ft *e. i
Lo’July 3.—The Directors of the j
N'ashulie 1 .iilrond, two Tenresseeans and bve
Kentu a h - voted unanimously to open tbe Road, j
vith * clause m the receipts relieving the Road if
guoii were re zed and confiscated by the Federal :
or State t iiiioritiiis. Cotton, backed*by Gallagher, !
r*.sorted to have said that not a pound shall
j fl . if.< t .iy. The expression of the town is,
••We mil M-e about tfaat.” It is reported that
Ryun.-eau and his Silver Creek ragamutfins have
been sent for.
,r i.ocis, July 3.—The Democrat announces
the promotion of Lyon to a Major General, hi*
c'/nuiHid embracing Indiana, Illinois, lowa and
.1 , wur!. Fremont’s relieving McClollan in West-
Iro Virginia indicates that McClellan is in dis
gr :C* or that bis attention is required in Kentucky
or Last Tennessee. j r
Tue keißraiiats are movnig towards Desota,
w se the .Miss iuriar *• an: m force, who, having
no bj /1 gdVeru thvir motion by caunon.
sew York, July Tbe steamer Northern
Ln/ui with $ v*o iugoiJ, baa arrived.
Puillji'pv, July 3. -n Wise has 15,000 me a, and
wi 1 at’ ..b on the Fourth of July. •
Xelpgraius to tile Northern Press.
Wa->u:nol';N, July I.—lt is stated*on good au
thor.l/ I.* -t i. * moruing of the 4th of July will ,
find bail-fax Court lloum.* in possefcsiou of tbe |
Federal trdops. A column will move ou tbe place !
and dnvi .ut or capture the 5,000 rebels who j
now hold it. The rebels aie -running the cars 1
wit; ten Julies of Alexandria. It is said that j
at j V./-fax Station slaves are covering tbe tiack
w ‘ ■< iu ‘ amount of earth. #
Jf t ic was carried out, Col. Stone
• ju'i }> -.v.-sniou of the Maryland Rights and ILfr
*M r 1 1 ny to-d.iy. One piece erf artillery placed
th* ; - w ;;l prevent tbe rebels from re-occupying
1,11 ** ‘ JVtie York Tribune^
>’tfj jr General Fremont received his commission
U .y \ th* regular army. The other MajoF i
(in.. ~.l so c .'.uni, lontd ib General McClellan, to j
ww -n i , ‘ re, ranks next
.No i ’ need be < ntenaioed that tjje j
tii >< me lebelUou will be prosecuted vi*/orpu?>iy j
n U ,. vvr u h -uiug. The ration does
n . to lug bemud tbe almost universal de
mand oi tue people. **
iji i ■ ► *. d.oiy asked in military circles is, j
v'u has u- t i'a tr.sou pushed fbr ward his column I
a.. ,ot Ut v every body waiting? Government
L ‘. vd-J Uj luKo him out ot the way.
!. / uerally believed here the general advance ,
u . oi dt red to J> g‘i on the 4tu of July.
I 1 arn from a geutlemau direc ly from the West i
th G and MoCwlio com naoda a force ol over
t o\y) cueu in tl| heart of Western Virginia, and j
j P au jennteudiijg in pr*uu vuaily important
iiov< u.entH ugaiust the rebels.
(ten. Freuoont hs mstruoiious to proceed to 1
Harper’s Ferry to command the division under ‘
PalteMOO.
tlajur General Fremout has not yet been as
>igned’ to u command. He expresses the hope i
that tie may not long remain quiet.
sl#ninl t-o the y. Y. Comnu-rcial Advertiser.
Th Rt-publicans hold a caucus to-morrow
night. They will probably agree upon a candi
date who will be elected ou tbe first ballot Thurs
day. It is by no mean* certain who will have the
places. Col. Blair's military prestige is much in
bis favor for Speaker.
[Special to th* A. Y. /but. J
Washington, July 2. It is believed tu the au
thority of our beat scouts that the whole number
of armed Confederate troops in Virginia is not
over 76,000- 26,000 of them are hi and around
Manassas Junction.
Dr. Hurley, late editor of the Nashville Demo
crat. bus addressed u letter to the National Re
public protesting agaiuat any compromise or
peace until the rebels acknowledge the authority
of the Government.
Tlfe Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Enquirer gives a rumor that the Secretary
of the Navy, Welles, has resigned, to take effect
*s soon as bis successor cau be appointed. He is
said iO be couviuced that someone else can better
till the office than himself iu the momentous
struggle Tbe names of Commodore Stocklou,
John l\ Keuucdy and Cornelius Vanderbilt are
mentioned as bis successors.
Washington, July 2.—There is not the least
foundation for tlic reports of the resignation of
Secretary Welles.
It is i umored that u expedition of war steam
ers went down last night to take possession of
Mathias f’otnt.
Bai.timosi, July 1. —The seizure of the steamer
St. Nicholas was u piratical stroke of about fifty
secessionists aboard, disguised as mechanics,
amoqg them ('apt. Holhus, late of the Uuited
Slates Susquehanna, disguised a-i a woman.
New Yobk, July 2. The New York World says;
“In consequent •• of difficulties and discourage
ments thrown in bm way, flon. Daniel E. Sickles
has relinquished the plan of tonniug a brigade,
aud now resumes the C- lonehey of the regiment
pr% jouslv com maned bv Col. Williamson.
I.elter From Pensacola.
Pensacola, Sunday Night, June 30.—The flag
ship MiNM.-mppi aud the Niagara have slightly
changed poaitiouH, and m ared Fort Pickens. This
s all probably meauingleaa, but I gtte it aa an
inoidsut to show how watchful our people are of
their every movement.
We can’t determine positively, the troops that
oame out bv the late arrivals, but mauy still think
Wilson’s Zouaves are ou the Island. Numerous
tents are pitched on various portions of the Island,
aud the enemy werk at nights only ou their bat
tone* and defences, thus avoiding the oppressive
•uo of the pa>i throe weeks The captain of oue
.<f boats that plies bet we n this place and the
Navy Yard, told tue that ou Friday night he heurd
<i Miuetlv the clang of the hammer as it wus plied
to some nugtng metal.
T;<c Federal fleet at foJY o’clock this evening
o nested ot the war eteamers Mississippi and
Niagara; two large transport steamers, aud two
baail clas stcaui gunb- aa — Mobile Register.
roM Cairo.—The Memphis Bulletin of Mon
day say s:
From a passenger on board the steamer Ken*
Rickj, wUich srriv t J Yere thia morning, we gather
the following facts There are about 9,000 troops
at Cairo, the regiments at Villa Ridge Laving
been moved to the Egyptian capita).
The soldiers at Cairo are momentarily .expect
ing an attack trow the Tennessee troops. Last
Thursday u'gbt, th© picket* rushed mto camp at
Bird * roiut, and announced that the steamers
logt'inar aud Ohio Belle bad beeu *>eeu crossing
soldiers to tbe Missouri line all day, and that they
wou.a soon make au attack on Bird's Point and
Cairo. The announcement created great excite
ment, not to ©ay consternation, aud it was gener
al v cnu.ceded th.v if th© attack w as made U w ould
be V.coee* ul. There is great ©tekue.-s among the
sol iters at- 4 *i*ro aud ihe adjacent country. It is
a ert o’flux, secompan ed with fever, and is
v-rt ’ll Ga the day bef* re the regiments at
Vu were removed to Cairo, there were
- \ dfrom The Cairotund were only a
• i.*>iuature. They promised to bsioklem
*r, vi i. r.*u*y. They can’t come, so we pro
pv>f* to pay them a sort of social visit ou or about
tcaliiu:-*.
£tiß';-n Nsii Alexa.mibia.—TheXvuchburg
Y; , sr, of Ter* iay *ax& :
Wf ■ f ‘etved intelligence lnet ol*bt of a skirmish
th v lov k place wiihia lurvc fourths of a nulr of
AiriauoTiS. between a dvteohojea; of ltt Rifle
.Rv* iCLi of Alabama mud a party of Lincoln's
iro- .■ 0 Sunday morning last a portion of the
b*i. ,*?’ ihe ’st K He Ke*r*ietii of Alabama,
uod* r ('om i)aud o< ('apt. Weems. ot Russell coun
ty, AUo& iik, aiarteo. in pursuit of a roliet guard
n;n end in a louse near .Alexandria. They sue
eeedeo tr passing the picket guard and battery of
tue met: .. ’uoiinted oa Shute's Hill, and arrived
at t c j v mt at S o’clock w here the parly they
were ie pursuit of were eucamped. The sentinels
•hot one of our men, when the Lincolaites were
routed from the house, the tight becoming gener
al. Our uien succeeded iu killing and wounding
a nutnbe-. A young tuan came in camp shortly
after* ;. d> from Alexandria and reported the ene
my's loss e g t killed, ti*e wounded and six truss
ing, with but one lost on our side. Our inform
ant was in ihe ac: on, and the intelligence is con
sidered perfectly reliable.
Important from tbk Gcnr.—A dispatch to the
Savannah JbpubiM** dated Cedar Keys, Fla.,
July Mb, says :
•• The schooners Fanny, Basseede aud Three
Brothers, of New Orleans, and Olive Branch, of
Mobile, which had been captured by the Federal
steamer Massachusetts, and sent as prizes tc Key
West, were captured off Cedar Keys on the Sr'd
lost .hi the Florida forces. They are loaded with
railroad iron and brick. Lieut. Seidon, ot the
Federal naw and nineteen seamen were taken
prisoners and sent to Tallahassee. The Captain
and crews of the four vessel*are here safe and
will be s*nt home.”
icvTicßi —We learn from a gentleman just
lro 11-1 Loutaville that Federal officials are getting
®* or * atul more arrogant and insulting there, lie
thinks they will take possession of the Louisville
rat.road in a few days. Leading Kentuckians
were acquiescing i 0 and facilitating Federal •
usurpations. 7‘ae streets of the city were full of
Federal aags. *nich ftlmoni swept the ground as
Ibtv .- m t..e breeze. Tbe sight, and the .
, * to many Ken
* ‘ tb ' ck * i- heT Wlll b ® “red to re
Tk W Kv “f, T& * thing we hear
** m h * b 'n issued !
against Got . Magoffin tor treason.
■../ 2jin>aici. ,
Yank** Fasting a Dcil.-a correspondent I
of a New 1 ork p iper, writing from Fortress Moo
roe. June *6lb, relates the following luetdent .
The recent monotony of camp and garrison life
was in a triflmg degree alleviated by a farc.cal at- ;
fair ot honor betweeu two officers of the ‘■ara!
Brigade. Otoutiog the cause which led to the af
tair, I wili simply s’ate that Lieut. X B. Small
jen! a challenge to Oapt. W. A. Perkins, to meet
aim at a oermo time and place, and there settle
their differences as chivalrous gentlemen, accord
,cg to the Code dueiio. Yesterday afrirnoOD. the
\r u s with tue'r seconds, accompanied by a
% vile cumber of the offic* rs of the garn-on, met
< t the Union pickets at Hampton. Tbe ea
_ s *re Colt's uavv pistols; distance twenty
paces b'oth parues then took their pieces, and
at iu wort 1 * tired- They eicaaoged four shots,
without eube.’ bHSg wounded, and the friends of
the parties comjWvmtird the matter, a.
bfta had proved thegsseivgC then of honor.
War yiovemenia.
From the Baltimore Sun, of Wednesday morn- j
ing, July 3d, we copy tbe following in relation to
the movements of troops, Ac , at the North : j
V. S. TROOPS AT POINT OF ROCKS.
We learned ll that about SmjO l*. S.
troop*, uiirfer Col. Stone, bare arrived at Point ot
Kocks, aud were TeUeriUT occupying that p,uc*.
The Confederates were reported to b? throwing
up batteries on the opposite or v lrgima side.
tvTipgTivr. FROM FORTKBSS MONROF..
The Georgians, Captafh Pierson, ar- j
rived ve>terday morning from Old Point Comfort, j
Hhe brought up a number of passengers, amongst
wbom wtrre sixteen of the Naval Brigade, four
Northern men who had been living at Wilming
ton, .V, C.,and who left that city in a small b. at
by way of New Inlet and reached Fortress Monroe !
on Monday afternoon, and a man supposed to be
a spy, in the custody of W. H. Wiegel, assistant
Provost Marshal at’Fortress Monroe. The sup- :
posed spy was taken to Washington for identifi
cation.
A regiment of Massachusetts troops, with bag
gage wagons, ambulances, and camp equipments,
were sent on Mopday to Hampton, and will en
camp near New Market Bridge. Another regi
ment of Massachusetts troops was ordered to the
same direction trom Newport News Point, but
the order was countermanded before they moved.
An attack on Newport News Point was expected
at any moment, and every possible means of de
fence bad been adopted. ‘ There is complaint at
I the Fortress of a want of cavalry, aud an effort
! will be made to obtain ‘a regiment from New
I York.
i One of the Louisiana Zouaves made prisoner on j
Saturday, named Clark, was formerly a wood en I
i graver in Harper’s estabhsqment. On tbe march j
i from Yorktown they were supplied only viath |
flour, to be cooked as occasion might require
! They state that the force which advanced consist ‘
i ed of 2,000 infantry and 800 cavalry. The two de j
J -erters represent the force as 1,000 stronger.— j
1 They reached a point two miles this side of Great j
j Bethel. Tbe expedition having miscarried, the j
j greater part probably returned to Yorktown.— {
I Nothing Las since been heart of them.
A letter from Washington states that contracts •
j have been made that will be tilled inside ot two i
j weeks, for eight hundred baggage wagons and j
| three thousand horses. These teams will move j
! forty regiments, or 35,000 men, in addition to
1 those alreadv there, about enough to convey ■
1 40,000.
It is stated that among the provisions of tbe
! military bills to be introduced into the Senate by >
i General Wilson, will be one reducing tbe term of ‘
enlistment for the new regiments added to the j
regular army to three years, and offering a boun
ty. By another provision the number of Generals i
will be increased, so as to give the regular array
i three Major Gener is instead of two, aud six
Brigadiers instead of four, and still further to in
! crease the number of each class in the volunteer
■ corps.
FROM WASHINGTON A*r> VICINITY.
We fiud the following items in the Washington
• Star of last evening ;
The steamer Resolute reports all quiet down
the liver, aud no troops visible at any point. No
batteries bare yet been erected at Matthias’
’ Poin*, nor are there any signs of such an inten
-1 tmn to be seen.
Tbe St. Nicholas having been taken up the Rap
pannock fiver, tbe Pawnee goes down to day to
■ relieve the Pocahontas at Aqi ia Creek, when the
! latter will at once close tbe trap into which the
’ St. Nicholas has been taken. She can be of no
service where she now is, aud should she attempt
■ to visit the waters of tbe Potomac again, the Po
cahontas will, of course, seud over a compliment,
with an invitation to the crew to accept “Lucie
j Sam’s” hospitalities.
• Y r esterday there were no Southern troops at
! Vienna, though their scouting parties were hov
ering around the village.
CorruponcUnce oj the Jitchmond I i*patch.
4„o v. Hive In NurtliweHera Virginia—
Itlovetncnla of tbe Enemy.
Charleston, Kanawha, July 1. !
Gov. Wise reached this town ou Wednesday i
last, escorted by a fine cavalry company, aud at- j
tended by bis staff
The state of public sentiment in this immediate
region is sound, and public spirit aroused, and
active for defence. A few months longer of
apathy on the part of the people, deception on
the part of partisans, aod neglect on the part of
public authorities, aLd this beautiful valley would
have been in the hands of the enemy. Its im
portance to them, in a strategic point of view, is
very great; but apart from this, it contains the
great Salt W orks ou the banks of the Kauawha,
which, in view of the ot the blockade,
are of incalculable value; it contains, in addition,
a cannon foundry, now an experiment, but des
tined to succeed* But more important than uli is
the re-action and re-invigoratiou of public seuti
nicnt by the presence i’ an army, and a'leader
among the divided aud hesitating population.
Enraged by Federal iusolence and domestic treach
ery, powerful and organized bands of traitors, or
so-called “Union men,” have knotted together iu
many localities, defied the State authorities, and
I invited invasion from Ohio. Had invasion from
that quarter anticipated the possession of the
! strongholds by our army, disloyalty would have
i been stamped permanently ou whole regions ot
j country, Horn here *o Parkersburg, and thence I
eastward. As it is, we shall reclaim Hie most of j
: it, nod ultimately repossess it all.
i General Wise is pursuing no equivocal policy I
toward** traitors. He has proclaimed, from the |
| moment lie eutered upon his mission that no j
i snakes should lurk in the gra-a of tbe soil which j
| he came to defend, to sting him when his buck is
j turned, or his head is up and toward the enemy.
Accordingly, many have been arrested and sub ;
jected to examination as to their loyulty aud iu
; tentions. One of theirleaders from Clay county,
i apparently honest, though misled aud WofOily ig
norant, was arrested by Captain Caskie. Gener
al Wise examined him. with a view to release or
to hand him over to the civil authorities, us the
evidence might dictate. He was a Baptist preach
er, u magistrate, and a member of a “Home Guard”
disloyal to the State. He was released upon his
voluntary statement and the evidence, but not un
til our leader had given him a talk. Such a tulk
it has seldom deen my lortune to hear—never, ex
cept from the same source. Tears stood in the
old Tory’s eyes, and mists ofdoubt and misappre
hension as to Ins duty seemed clearing up iu hip
countenance. No oath, no promise was exacted
from him : but, volunteering his profession of loy
alty iu future to Virginia and the Confederate
Slates, he shook Geu. Wise warmly by the hand,
atid left for his home in Clav. Since then we
have heard fine accounts from him, the latest be
ing that his “Home Guard” intended to join the
State service ! Similar instances have occurred,
and but one man has been retained and handed
over to the civil authorities to be tried for trea
sou, and he was a native of Ohio, though loug a
resident of the V alley.
As to the movements of tbe enemy I give you
the following as authentic : Civil war is certainly
i raging in Gilmer county ; the Federal forces, uni
ted with Tories, are estimated at 600, while tbe
! loval troops, composed of organized companies
i from Calhoun and Gilmer, are put at 200. The
! enemy have given over administering oaths and
| releasing iu that section, aud now imprison or
j force into the hostile army.
• On Friday night company Fof the 17tii Ohio
’ regiment, numbering about 100, came to liinley,
l übout 4o miles from here, on the Parkersburg
i road, and remained some time, refreshing them-
I selves and horses on the quiet citizens. Home
Virginia officers who were there—recruiting, I
I presume—escaped by dolling the uniform. The
i enemy left, it whs said, for Raveuswood, a consid
! erable distance further on towards Parkersburg
i Whrthfer thev came from tbe force at Parkers
: burg or not i did not learn. Doubtless you will
i soon see in the Northern papers a brilliant victory
announced at Ripley.
What their force at Parkersburg is 1 am unable
i to say. Fortunately, Gen. Garnett demand.*, all
! tneir attention at Phillippa, and I have no doubt
• Parkersburg is held only as securing them the
1 railroad, and not as a base of operation in this
direction.
i If Garnett could get around and behind Phil
! lippa, he would rout them ; aud the t‘ ing is not
: impossible. Y'ou need not -be surprised to hear
vs a brilliaut victory in that quarter at any iuo
! ment.
Northern aecoimt of the Engagement at
W Ullaumpori.
| The Baltimore Sun of the 3d. has the following
1 account of the engagement between Cos), facksou
and Gen. Patterson on Tuesday, the 2d, near
; Williamsport :
j Haosrstown, Md., July 2.—At 4 o'clock this
, afternoon a special couvevauce arrived iu this
town, bringing Corporal John N\ McGinley, of
the Independent Hangers, of Philadelphia, he
I being the first soldier brought here wounded iu
| an action which took place tais morning between
: the Federal troops under Gen. Patterson aud the
Confederates.
Considerable excitement was at once occasioned
upou the arrival of the wouuded man, aud eager
ness to learn tbe news. From statements made
by him, and those iu higher authority, the Gov
ernment telegraph operators have gleaued the
following particulars :
Between three aud seven o’clock this morning
i the United States troops, which bare beeu cou
centrattug at llagerstowu aud Williamsport for
’ several days past, crossed tbe ford at Williams
port.
Major General Patterson reviewed the troops
as they filed past bun. The morning was br>got
and beautiful, aud the soldiers were in excelieut
spirits.
Scouting parties, composed of Capt. McMuilio’s
Rangers, aud others selected from the let Wig
cousin regiment, were sent out at midnight, aud
. frequently during the night brisk finog was heard
between the Federal pickets aud those of the ene
iny on the Virginia aide.
The proper lords having been ascertained, the
advance took place before daylight, the post of
honor being assigned to Capt McMulbu’s lade
pendent Rangers aud the Ist Wisconsin and litb
Pennsylvania regiments.
The* advancing columns consisted of the bri- i
gades ot Cols. Abercrombie, Thomas aud Negely. j
The Independent Hangers behaved remarkably i
well, getting close up to the enemy, at a distance
!of oulv 75 yards. Col. Abercrombie’s brigade led I
; the a*dvance, and the casualties of tbe conflict
i were aim st exclusively in the First Wisconsin J
and Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment*. Col. Jar- I
rett and Lieut. Col. Coulter led the skirmishers, j
opening upou the enemv at four hundred yards.
The whole of tbe Confederate forces at Murtius
burg, consisting of four regiments of Infantry and !
1 one regiment ot nor>e, were engaged in the action. I
They had with them tour pieces ot artillery, part- j
; )▼ rifled canuon,and were commanded by Genefai
Jackson.
The First City Troop, of Philadelphia, were s§- 1
signed a position near tbe U. S. Cavalry, under \
[ Capt. Perkins, aud behaved remarkablv well. As I
far as known, the casualties on the Federal aide
are two killed and several wounded. Several of
| the dead and wounded of the Confederate troops I
were left on the field, ia their hasty retreat. Two
ot them were buried by our men.
In anticipation of a retreat of the Federal forces, i
the Confederates had levelled the fences on both j
sides of tbe turnpike even with the ground, so as
to cut them off m the event of their retiring to <
t tbe Potomac.
The first stand was made at Porterfield s farm, ‘
on the turnpike road near Hamesviile, where it
was neces>ary to destroy a barn and carnage- ,
house in order to moke a charge upon the enemy.
Here the conflict was fierce, the ConJederatcs
standing well up to their work, but finally slowly [
retreating. Knapsacks and canteens were hastily
thrown aside, as encumbrances to a backward
march. They left behind them a number of blank
ets. and other articles of value, indicating a con
siderable loss on their side.
Excuse Opinions.— The following eitract from
a letter written by a gentleman who left the
United Slates to return to ins English home in
the latter part of May, is copied from the Baiti
mere Exchange :
For some time past English journals bare had
no information from the South very direct. Ail
the war news they receive is through the North
ern press, which is necessarily ar purrs and cloud
ed bv prejudice. This has had &n influence on
the English mind; for while thus deprived ot any
save a modified view ol the merits and consnct of
the contest, people here are disposed to lo.k le
niently upon the Southern cause. I hear it said
frequently, “We cannot judge of the merits of
either side, having but one to look at.” When
you know that no voice bas yet publicly vindica
ted the cause of the South, especially upon its
constitutional merits, nor attacked the Adminis
tration upon iu alleged unconstitutional acts, you
wiil not wonder that apathy obtains among a
people like Ibis, which cares little whether the
•'•tales are all free or a. i.slave ritfes. Say
w at you will, kngl shmen are s.ow to judge and
must bear both sides. With this political in
maerence, tbecrj i, for cotton, and, take my word
for it, ootton they will have.
Work for some Headley, or Sylvan us Cobb—
i„e Life and Tunes of Lincoln and hta Generals.
[Bp -'••***■ ‘ !• ‘. <tr
Imporruot from UieHidouai.
Richkomi, July 5.—A gentlemau who baa just
ainved from VViucbester, informs me Gen John
ston had a hgttt wuti Pa* !.*;■ bo u the night of,
the 3d iost., *4rch was coniiDUtsd on the 4th.
Johnston repairsi PattersoL tbr times, and
finahv got bet-vcvn him and the river, where the f
retreat f :> = entire force is cut *ff It is re
ported that Johnston Las te!< graphed to Beaure
gard for re!n!orc*;ctnts, aud given ntrtice that tbe
women ar.d cbi dr ?- must Marxiusburg, as
he intends t > shell the town, the greater part of
tbe en njy bei;./ mere, cooped up. Odl. Jackson,
w ith a considerable body of Viren ana, has joined
Johnson, and the probability is that Patterson’s
force will Ih cut t No furthcir details of
the affa.r have been received.
Later.—The iepqrt of Johnston’s success has
been corroborated by several p&sseagers, and ;*s
credited at the War Department.
The blockade of tbe Caesapeake, it is said, has
1 been brokeu by private individuals by permission
! of Lmcoia and Rat er. Tue facts are in posses
sion of tbe iSntisn Minister at Washington, Lord
1 Lyons, and troubie betwtsn the Liocoln*Govern
ment and-England may be expected.
News nas been received tuat Capt. Baker and
his
been found guilty of piracy. The Confederate
| authorities promptly ordered Cos. Bowman and a
Federal prisoner here, to be taken inlo custody
j anu is undeieioisd wifi notify Lincoln that if auy
harm is done to one of the Carolinians, it will be
1 immediately followed by retaliation to the tallest
j extent, even to banting.
Another Heroine.
A correspondent communicates the following
detailed account of the trials of & Baltimore lady !
in making her way to her husband. How war
brings out the nofcleei traits of human nature ! j
Constancy, fidelity, integrity—how they shine
amidst tbe disturbances and troubles of fiostili- ,
ties ! If we got uoth*£g else civt.. t it but these
proofs of the life and vitality oi the belter part
of our natures, war would go far iu tnem to com- j
peesate for all its discomforts and afflictions .
A lady who accompanied the party of Balti- i
moreans t j this place in order to join her bus- |
band, who is now iu Richmond, has bad a journey !
of as many adventures and hair-breadth escapes j
as any of those our ancestors enoountered iu
days of yore.
she refi Baltimore u the steamer for Patuxent
river, where she lauded, aud travelled 25 miles in
a carriage to a farm Lon *near tue shores of the
Potomac, where, being joined by her friends, who
bad arrived by another route, they hoped to find
means to eioas the river. A small boat was en
gaged, with two free negroes to low it across.
Just um they were ub at to embark, turee Yankee
rtbips hove in sight, aud away scampere the
party up the beach, and breathlessly watched
the enemy from their biding “places. But it w’as
too late to start that night, and the farm-house j
; again received then. Bc.ng but a email tenement, j
it could not acco in moduli? the party of five; nev |
erthelesa, the good hostess used every persuasion !
| to induoe our fi -rome to repose on her bed; the
latter, however, hud happened to fiud outthutfor 1
! three nights the kind Uuv had patriotically given ;
up her loom to travellers, and she firmly declined, j
! sitting up aod resting herself as well us might be j
upon cbuirs. !
Ttie next morning thencgrqe# could not bepe;- j
spaded to crpf S the Potomac for any inducement, j
The poor foolish fellows had been so scared at the \
Yankee guns, that the highest bribe coulq not
tempt them aciu*s to run tho second mk of re
turuiug a*one. “Cross we must, said the party ;
“ you muivt sell us the boat aud let us row our
selves.” But they were unwilling to part with
their boat. A rati was then thought of, but tbe
slowness of passage aod immense risk was too
great to bo ternpUa. “ We will cross on a plauk
rather than mfr back now,” exclaimed our
heroine. What wc.6 to be done, they .Were at a
loss to conoeivo. At last, however, by dint of
urging, bribing aud threatening, the two negroes
consented to pell their boat, and wore told to
name their pr.ee, wbeu the poor cowards named
h sum far booeutb that wbi>ib they could have ob
tained for rowing the party over, when with a lit
tle caution and courage, they would Lave realized
a handsome sum, and kept their boat into the bar
gain. Therefuio tbo four gentlemen (wboae names
prudence forbids to make public) agreed'to take
at a lithe, and pull for dear lives. Just
cne I,’ ur wt r*. they ou those ueVoU and waters, and
five inn s a “o'*: ! The perspiration poured from
their t. • v ui.i • *. robed dowc their faces, their
hands were rdist red gad bleeding, for they were j
uu- jcu ‘ f Ui , *d so tfic wdrk ; never was such en- i
ergv j-.ut into force, with straining eyes gazing iu j
every-direction, iamVing every minute might be j
their lust ThJ little craft dashed over those;
dangerous waters, uud tjic five were safely landed ! {
With what tYmiiig ot grautude they stepped on 1
shore, nmy be better imagined tbau describe*! :
Aud oh, w hat a lifetime of a:arm had 1 npeued iu
that hour.
It va- but a retired nook where they lao ten; !
uo public coiMoyaiice was at baud—oo vehicle
C ()U ld no obtained. Another hospitable farmer !
received them. T'ueir tale *ya told, aud r,u ox- !
cart provided, and in tuis light and luxurious
vehicle they were to bo jolted and tumbled over
twenty-eight miles of rough country road. Aii
atber niaht was paaaed in the woods. A for
a seat, their poor weaned frames found but little
repose, redining agattiat tbe side of an old school
house. By day da.vu they were on their way
again, and wbeu tho ox ourt had pitched and
rolled them to \H dcsiinatiou, a farm wagon fool*
up the for eighteen more pules, this mode
of cof.vet unev being little, if at aLI superior to the
ox-team* It, however, brought them safely to
the biiuka of the Rappahannock, over which they
were ferried in danger scarcely less tbau that ou
the Potomac; but Providence again favored them
and not a Yankee ship appeared.
Y .t, on reaching the i\sst*x shore they were in
greater jeopardy from true friends than had
I hitherto bi* p from their acknowledged enemies.
Bullets and bayonets were in threatening an ay
to receive them. They had forgotten the pass
word, or .were ignorant that it had been changed;
but after repeating various names and signs they
were permitted to land, yet not without suspicion,
and were marched up the street through ranks of
armed men, conducted under guard to their hotel,
and even to their rooms. Soon Captain Thomas
; arrived with bis train ot prizes. All was now clear
and promising, and under the Confederate, flag
they sailed up the Rappahannock to Fredericks
burg, where they arrived on Monday, per tram.
Ou leaving Baitioiore the lady hud scarcely
dared.to lake leave of her father, who is a known
Secessionist, and her party traveled in twos and
threes, meeting ju various points as strangers to
avoid suspicion. Our heroine could hear no ti
dings of her husband, therefore she came to visit
him. Two sweet infants arc'left iu Baltimore, to
whom this brave and tioble woman intends short
ly to return, fiticb a heart sees no danger, and
may Goa speed her on her mission aud avert ca
lamities from her devoted bead. —Richmond Dis
patch.
Situation of Maryland.—The. Baltimore Ex
ebauge, iu au editoral ou tbe recent usurpation of
power in that city by tho Lincoln Government
says:
Iu spite of fraud, and treachery, and lies, of
espionage uud repression, ot black-mouthed cuu
uou :iud gleaming bffyouets, the truth will make
itself hoard, aye 1 uud felt, and remembered. The
day of retributjou will come, and wbeu it dues
come iu earnest the reckoning will be fearful. We
here, iu Maryland, have especially cause to trea-
the recollection of the “tender mercies”
of the man whom tiie North ti-.s appointed to rule
over us. We had strictly kept our Federal obli
gation-, therefore we were to be rigorously dealt
with. We hud brokeu aoue of the provisions of
tbe Constitut.oo, but what of that t We were
guilty of the crime of behoving that the South
had ‘grievances, aud we were therefore amenable
to punishmeut. We were weak, aDd therefore,
easier to ty raun xe ovdr. We had a prosperous
trade—where is it noW 7 We hdd uoble avenues
to tbe interior, uud au usurpassed water Coin
imiuicatiou with the ocean —they arc blockaded
against us. Astor a loug struggle we had suc
ceeded in redeeming our chief city from the sys
tem of terrorism which had made it a bye-word
and a reproach—aud now it lias beeu forced back
upon ua ut the point of the bayonet, aud with it
tho rufliuuH that upheld it. We are under the
benign rule of a Federal satrap, who repeals at
hisw.il tbe euactmeuts of our Legislature, puts
his columns iu motion during the darkuess ot the
uight, aud takes our citizens from their beds aud
immures them within the walls of a fortress,
without warrant ot law or any color ot authority,
beyoad what mav be derived from the orders of
bis superiors at Washington. There will beau eud
of this thing soon. The people of Maryland will
never allow themselves to be ridden over rough
shod with >ut takiug *ucu measures as will bring
them effectual relief. Geu. Banks and his myr
midons may think that the commotion on the sur
face is perfectly manageable, hut we kuow better.
Let them beware of tbe strength ot the uuder
tow. I four State is.to b-*r the bruut of Execu
tive vindictiveness and of military insoleucoe,
there are thousands of her citizens who will
know the reason wbv. When that time couies, us
oama it tiiu&w— lor men will not bear oppression
forever —woe be u> tboRO who have made them
stive© conspicuous iu forging chains tor a free
people 1
Tns Boris Hoax.—The New York Tribune thus
oonfeßßcs that it beoamd the viotira of a hoax iu
the publication of a letter that professed to be
from tbe Hon. John Minor Bous, and oonUtioed
str.’,e4aeut* that ifere ” imporiant if truo,*
From a tiimeia. aequxiotaoo© with the hand
writing of Mr. Bolts, wo were convinced that tbe ‘
letter subod with Lis came which we received j
from Washington ou Tuesday last, aud published
iu our coiumuD yesterday, was really his, and iu
that belief we laid it before our readers. We are
cow bouud t’ state, however, that on comparing ;
the hanu-writiug with undoubted specimens of
that of Mr. B its, m we were yesterday enabled
to do, we are led to believe that tbe letter is a*
fernery. A t the same i.me, we y est< rday caused
inquiries tc be icsde of Mr. Bolts in Washington, j
aud he (*>uid not i> d:sooner-d. We oooclude
that he is not there, and has net been there.
late from Wineiiestor,
Passengers who a rivad on the Central cars
yesterday, who left Win Chester on Wednesday
evening, report tbe retreat of Gcl. Parterscu’s
command across the Potomac on the mpproach of [
Gen. Johnston* It is further reported that of :
CbL Jackson's force cf 4,600 which engaged Pat i
tersou’s advance column ou Tuesday, at Faffing :
Waters, near Martinsburg, there were six killed
aud twenty wouuded, and it is believed there !
were about eighty of tb© enemy killed. The ar
rival of ovwr forty prisoners at Winchester is
confirmed.
It seems useless to anticipate any pitched bat
tle, as the enemy is apparently not disposed to
g ve Gen. Johnston battle, at least on this side of
the river. Their retreat looks very much like a
ruse to draw our troops into Maryland.—Rich
mond FHepctch, 4 :h.
Ax Abbes? tx Nt Wes.—We copy the fol
lowing from the New Vork of the Ist inst :
Kdw.ird R. Buggies, soa of Geo. Ruggles, of
the rebel army, was arrested m tb'* env t. few
l hours after laod'ng from the California steamer,
tiis arrest was effected by Defectives Eustace and
Farley, by order ot toe Superintendent of Police, j
who Dad received a despatch from Secretary Sew i
’ ard ordering it Papers found in his possession ,
j contain details of the future movements of a por
j non of the rebel army organizing id California; j
also the plana of toe rebels sos seizing the Cali- j
fornix s*<ao;ers, with their golden treasure. A
map of the rebel States and some other papers j
were also found is hie possession. The Superin
tended of Pclie* oc Saturday received another
1 despatch from Mr. Seward to hold the youth until
j further orders. Young Buggies is about seven- 1
: teen years of age, and left the home of bis father in
Montgomery under instructions from Jeff. Davis.
He proceeded to Havana and thence to Aspinwali,
where hie coaauet excited the suspicion of the
A men can oonsul, who notified the r ederal Gov
ernment.
Rapid Genera! Floyd
hae, witnin tne space ot twenty days, enrolled, ‘
rm*d, equipped, and brought to a condition of
creonan.e u s*'p'i?e, two regiments of men,
who w .. be ready in tve dave from this
time. He expects to add ret another regiment.
The two now reauv. a; the camp near VVvtheviile,
are oommscdnl by Cois. A. W. Reynolds and
Henry Heth both accrmplished officers, late ot
the Feuerai army They are both graduates of
West Point, auu Col. R was a classmate of Gene j
rai B aurtgird’s. Tne regunent itaelf is said to
be com posed of a bedy ot men who cannot be
snrp s-t-d for manly proportions and all the na
tive qaahtiet ot toe true soldier.
R'chmorui Isitpctch, ±t.i.
•CaprrEEo thzib Mail Bag Lieutenant R. D.
3*inor brought to this city, yesterday afternoon, ,
the bags occtainiug the mails and deepatebee
from tn Brazil squadron, wired into our
possession b? me* capture of the bng ilonuotilo,
cn haturuay iar., by the St. Nicholas.— jbchmoMi ,
rti< lac!>•*r ? <-i KattU near ‘ifartinabnrg
—*s Eugan'emem i ear U ilJiamsport.
Tb • Richmond ‘iej-iucfi of Saturday, T?th, gives
the fallowing as iia auth&ffuy for reporting a bat
tle i iur Mortuisburg on the Hh inst., which has
since bweD contradicted by later advices :
Ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland, arrived in our
city \*Cht€rday afternoon, from VVincbester, by
the Ctflntral car.**. He stateiß that on entering the
stagt at Winchester, ou Tbfeirsd&y evening, relia
intelligence was received from Martinsourg to
the effect that Gen. Johcstora s command had en
gaged the forces of the United States,
at *jC.>=>, at a place called Barkjille, three miles
this .side of Mart.tiaburg—ttal Gen. Johnston had
repu.- i them three times with great loss on their
side, although their number largaiy ixceeded his.
Gen. Patterson is supposed to have baen in com-
iof tile Federal troops Gen. Johnston suc
ceed-'! in dri ing them back to Martinsbnrg—
outflanking them und gt ttahag between them and
tbe river, intercepted their retreat.
Tbe Dispatch has the foie wing additional par
; ticulars of the engagement on the 2d, near Wil
[ liamsport :
Several persons present at the recent engage
men’s Dear Martinsburg concur, substantially, in
the following accoouta :
Or. Tuesday last the Yankee forces, numbering !
near 10,000, while approaching Martinsburg, were 1
met by Col. Jackson’s advance, consisting of a
portion of Col. Harper’s Regiment from Augusta
county, about TOO strohg, and a squadron of cav- ]
airy under Col. Stewart. The Federal forces, :
excepting Sherman’s boasted battery, occupied a
fore.-t. The Confederate troops advanced, under
the protection of a raii fence, to within three hun
dred yards of the enemy. Col. Stuart, with Capt.
Patrick a company of Cavalry, trom Augusta,
opened the eDg&gement by capturing the van of
the enemy, consisting of an entire company of
Pennsylvanians ; a sharp firing was kept up for
an hour and a half between the mam bodies, with
a loss to the enemy estimated at the minimum of
67 kiiled, S5 wounded, and 53 prisoners; when the
firiug Colonel Jackson fell back slow
ly to a stxouger position nearer Martinsburg, with
a loss on his side ot three killed and five wound
ed.
Gen. Jobustou, being notified, advanced from
Winchester with his forces, and reliable reports
received yesterday say, that in conduction with
Col. Jackson’s force, he three several times re
pulsed the attacks of Geu. Patterson’s entire army
of about 20,000 men, and drove him into Martins
burg. General Johnston has since succeeded in
tnruHing his eutire army between Gen. Patterson
and tue Potomac, thus cutting off retreat, while
reinforcements are constantly arriving trom Beau
regard's camp, at Manassas, in sufficient numbers
\ r j assure tbe complete discomfiture, if not cap
ture, of the entire Hessian force, which may God
grant.
Firing at Mathias Point.—Pawengers who left
Fl'&dericlsbnrg Friday morning state that u repo* t
prevailed thereon vesterday that a heavy firing
had been heard iu the neighborhood of Mathias
Point.
NORTHERN ACCOUNT Ok’ Tflfc BATTLE AT WILL! AMSPORT.
The Baltimore San has the following account
of the skirmish at Williamsport. The report ot
the redepti >u of tne news by Gen. Scott is par
ticularly amusing ;
Williamsport, Md , July 2—A messenger from i
Hock’s river, (on the other side of the Potomac,)
has just arrived here, bringing news of a conside
rable battle at, that point, between Gen. Patter
son’s advance arid the portion of Geu. Jobusou’s
hi my commanded by Geu. Jackson —four regi
ments, three of infantry undone of cavalry. The
Confederates were . beaten, retiring precipitately
and leaving Patterson in command of the field,
including their camping ground. Patterson’s loss
was three kiiled und ten wounded, while that or*
the enemy is believed to be much larger, though
there is uo absolute certainty us to the extent of
his loss.
Col. Stone’s command is being anxiously look
ed for to advance above Harrier’s Ferry, or to
that immediate neighborhood, to co-operate with
Gen. Patterson. Among his (Stone’s) troops are
the New York Ninth, the New Hampshire First,
the Pennsylvania First, and five companies of
Gol. Coke’s Pennsylvania Twenty fifth regiments,
all among the heat troops now iu the service.
Washington, July 3.— Tbe following dispatch
was received at 2.15 this morning, by telegraph :
Black River, near Martinsburg, July 3.
To Col. E. 1). Townsend, Ass’t Adj’t Geu’l;
We left Williamsport at 6 o’clock A. M. to-day,
for this place. We drove und routed the rebels,
about lu,<K i strong, having with them four guns,
and now occupy his camp, with a loss, I regret to
suy, of three killed aud ten wounded.
R. Patterson,
Major General Commanding.
If is said that Geu. Scott was so much gratified
on receiving this news that he caused the Presi
dent to be awakened from iiis sleep* to receive it.
The C him - met t<-. ay wi h more-tlian usual
good pit-its in consequence of tiffs gratifying
news.
Hagerstown, July 2."—Further accounts say
that the Federal loss ID the light across the Poto
mac yesterday whs two killed—George Drake aud
another man, name unknown, belonging to the’
Wisconsin regiment—add four wounded, belong
ing te the lltli Pcunsyivtuiia regimeut.
Later.— Hagtritown, July 3, P. M.—Major Gea
oial Putfur&oti’s column are in ami aljout Martins
bur*r. A special messenger from there reports
that no engagement with the enemy has taken place
since yesterday, tbe result of which has beeu
stated.
Philadelphia, July B.—We have a dispatch
from Chainbersburg, giving a list of the wounded ;
in the engagerttont yesterday, ten iu t*li. The ffat
includes the name of Levi S. Harp, the Keoession
soidier, who is desperately wounded. At the up
per hospital, William 8. (slhvet, Company 11, first
Wisconsin Regiment, is suffering from the kick ot
a tjorss trying to get into the engagement.
Daniel Orsttle, Company E, Eleventh Pennsylva
nia Regiment, is also there with a gunshot wound
in the leg.
IllHcU-Reiniblicaii Wlppuiclic?* to the
Northent PreiseN.
[Correspondence of tin Cincinnati Enquirer.^
Washington, July 2. Most all of the ccmgresa
meti are here. The tight for office will bo very
warm. All of the Democrats aro to, be ousted.—
The border States bid for, by giving Etheridge
the clerkship of the house, Colfax or Blair to be
speaker, Colfax has the best chanco.
A large number of ex members of congress are
here seeking for clerkships to Committees.
Movements \n Baltimore not so much regarded
by the administration fears of an uprising
of the people. It is tc secure a retreat in case
tbe fortunes of war are against it. Mauy of the
members have beeu anxious as to security, but
are assured that every preparation is made for
their protection.
Fremont will assume command ol the army iu
Western Virginia, relieving Generals Patterson
and McClellan. The government is dissatisfied
with Gen. Patterson, lie has twepty-tvyo thous
and men, aud does nothing. They Nay that he
should have occupied Lynchburg by this time.
Geu. McClellan will be relieved simply that he
may give his whole attention to the division north
of the Ohio, aud to Missouri.
The government is loosing confidence m Gen.
Scott. His health is very bad, having a compli
cation of diseases. He insists on doiug every
thing himself. ]t was Gen. Scott who niduced
Mr. Lincoln to appoint Gen. Dix to command the
army od the Potomac, thereby superceding with
a civilliun of seventy, the a oung, vigorous officer
in command. The rppointment was not agreea
ble to the cabinet, which desired to have it
changed, which may yet be done.
It is reported, in knowing circles here, that the
delay in military operations has ariseu in hopes
that the Confederates would propose peace. They
will do not mg of the kiud, unless their indepen
dence is acknowledged.
Notwithstanding the denial of young Mr. Sew
ard that there has been no negotiations, it ia un
derstood that Senator Bayard has been feeling tbe
cabinet in behalf of peace for the Confederates.
He has tailed, however.
[Special to the Cincinnati (razette.\
Pomeroy, 0 . July 2.—We Lave had inteuseex
cit-'meßt along the border from Gallipolis, Ohio,
to Uttveuswood, Va , for the last forty-eight hours.
Scouts reported Wise coming down with consider
able force from Chat iestown, V. Charles Miller,
Esq., uud Charles Wagoner, of Mason county,
prominent Union men, have been takeu prisoners,
and are now supposed to be iu the secession camp
at Charlestown Au attack on Point Pleasant,
Va,, aud GaTtpvlia, Ohio, is expected soon. About
thirty prominent secessiouista have beeu captered
at Gallipolis, and twelve here, as hostages for Mil
ler aud Wagoner. \ll quiet this morning.
Buchanan, Va., July 2.—Gen. Rosecrans occu
pied this place ou (Sunday morning, and will pro
bably remain here for several days. The rebels
are bep&rated and reported to be in large force at
Beverly and Bcalinglou.
At the latter pl'ace fortifications and a casement
redoubt have been erected. Four caunous are
planted, commanding the Phillippa road. The
position is snip to be a very strong one. From
the most rehab.e reports it ia ascertained that
irom seven to ten thousand urmed secessionists
are iu ihe viciuity.
At least fifty secessionist? were brought before
Gen. Roscoraus yesterday. Nearly all of them were
discharged ou taking the oath.
Special to tha Commercial,
Camp Plullippa, July 2. —On Saturday two
companies, C-pt Miller’s, Ohio 14ib, aud Capt.
Donnelly’s, lat Virginia, left Rowlesburg to pro
tect the polls of au election held in the vicinity of
Tucker county lor delegates to tue House of Dele- j
gates to meet iu Wheeling. They heard that SO
rebel cavalry we~e advancing upon them and am- j
bupuadod in \ irginia form. The rebels discov- i
ered before more than nine of their number had j
entered tue trap,ben a fire was opeued-
Private biuu.fi, iu Miller's company had fired j
reloading, when a rebel discharged a shot :
gun, the load entering Smith’s forehead, carrying i
off tfie top of his head. Capt. Miller instantly !
shot tue reoel through the heart with his revolver, j
Two other cavalry atoned for Smith’s death |
with their lives. The rebels theu beat a retreat, j
Smitri was oue of the bravest and best meu iu the
14th Dbio.
It ia reported that Wise, with four regiments, j
would joia the rebels at Laurel Hill to-day. Their j
force, including Georgians, Tennesseeans and j
North Cirootiiuus, Is estimated at ten or fifteen
thousand. Wise swears he’ll attack ua on the 4th.
Important men Arkansas.—A business letter
from Little Ruck, dated July contaius the fol
lowing important information :
Editor* Appeal: I iearo this morning that an
express from Geu. McCulloch to Gov. Rector re
pons five thousand Federal troops at SpriDgfield
Missouri. Gen. McCulloch has ordered all the
troops at Fort Smith aud Van Bureu to march
immediately to Camp Walker, within four or five
miles of the south-west corner of Missouri. We
shall doubtless soon hear of & severe brush be
tween the combined Arkansas and Missouri
troops iu that quarter, aud the Federal forces un
der Lyon. As Gen. McCulloch will be able to raise
several thousand well drilled and determined men
u> oppose tbe Federalists, we have no fear of the
resuit. Indeed, if the Missourians turn out as ex
pected. we hope soon to hear that the invaders
are driven from her soil. Gen. McCulloch has
issued a proclamation, calling for volunteers to
rendezvous at Fayetteville, wnboot delav.
■ J (emphit Appeal, 6 th.
, Louisville Journal ot Ju!v 2nd, publishes
the -ollowing extract from a fetter written at
Knoxville, Tenn. :
, W'e are in a desperate of excitement.
Eight companies of cavalry and infantry have
; gone from here to Cumberland and Wheeler’s
: Gaps to guard them and to prevent Federal troops
i froa ? fining over through Kentucky to the aid
ot the Cmon men of East Tennessee.’These have
I be *n encountered by our native Union men in the
-:ns, who swear they shall leave, and the
Davis troops b*v e sent here for re-mforcemeats.
M e look tor stirring times over there—a distance
of only milt, to Cumberland Gap and but
/arty to w heeler a Gap
..El hee Wit e Tae following intelligence
leiegrapfiofl to tbe Richmond Zfwpateh, u too im
portant to be withheld from our readers :
Apscstx, Ga., July 4 —Business is, in a great
measure, suspended here to dav Confederate
flags are waving in all parts of ihe citv, and one
among the most splendid waves majestically over
the office of the Auguota Constitutionalist. ‘
One of the most distinguished citizens of Geor
gia, an Ex-Governor, and one who has filled van
ous other offices of high honor, and who baa al
ways been a Democrat, said publicly in our citv
a few days ago, as we are informed.that if the
names of twenty respectable citizens were put in
a hat and one drawn out, be would Bupport that
man in preference to Gov. Baowx, at the October
election. This is pretty strong language, and it
shows, too, whioh way tho wind set*. Time’*
out, Joseph. *
From WesUrnYirgtula.
As two of our Augusta companies, tue Ogle
thorpe Infantry and the Walker Light Infantry,
are with the First Regiment Georgia Volunteers,
now at Lxurel Hill, in Western Virginia, almost
anything in the way of news from that section
will be of interest. The Richmond Dispatch of the
6tb, has the following letter, dated Laurel
Camp, Barbour county, Va., June 30th :
I shall attempt to give your readers a short ar
ticle from this encampment, which may be of in- .
terest to some of them, as we Lave many Eastern *
troops among us.
The enemy is still holding Phillippi, with a force j
of about 8,000. The scouting parties of tbe two ;
forces frequently meet upon tbe Fairmont and 1
Beverlv Turnpike, aud several small fights have |
come off', our party always getting the better of
of the scrimmages, and have captured some dozen
of the enemy, several horses, and killed four or
five of their men, and have not as yet lost a single
mac.
The Northern troops are daily committing out
rages which would disgrace savages. Females
have beeu outraged, houses plundered, and wo
men and children driven from their homes. Y'es
terday, without provocation, they shot Mr. Banks
Corlin, of Harrison county, because he was a Se
cessionist, and burned the barn and farm house
of Peter B. Righter, of Marion county, after hav
ing plundered it of all its effects.
The “Union men’’ seem to vie with the Yankees
in their atrocities. A heavy retribution awaits
them. Last week a body of the enemy left Fair
mont for Coons’ Ruu. in Marion county, to arrest
some Secessionist, when the Secessionists way
laid them, fired upon them, killed four and wouud
ed others. The enemy fled, sweating vengeance.
Would to God the people of western Virginia
would wage a guerilla warfare against this das
tardly and savage foe. Every abolitionist should
be made to f*l the vengeance of an outraged peo
ple.
On Saturday last, Col. Heck, commanding the
forces at Riuh Monutaiu, entered the towu of Buc
hanan, in Upshur county, with suo men, seized
upon some provisions which tbe traitorous “Un
ion” knaves bad gathered for the enemy, and cap
, tured two of the most villainous of the traitors.—
They will be sent to Staunton for trial as traitors
to the State. Rich Mountain encampment is a
rauge of Sauiel Hill, and is seven miles from Bev-
I vrly, ou the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike.
Col. Heck is an energetic officer, aud his descent
I upon Buchanan may be productive of some good.
Buchanan has beeu iu possession of the enemy,
but they fell back upon Phillippi upou the ad
vance of Col. Heck.
The troops at our encampment (Laurel Hill)
are eujoyiDg excelieut health. Only two deaths
have occurred in the regiment, who have no tents
but Lave erected comfortable huts of bark and
rails, aud all of us can eat our rations without the
| assistance of “stomach bitters.” Tue troops uu
; tier Col. Heck are also iu good heulth. A regi
ment of Georgia boys are here, and are delighted
I at the proximity of the enemy.
The war correspondent of the Cincinnati (da
zette also furnishes the following summary of the
■ position of the opposing forces in Western Vir
-1 ginia:
Readers who care to understand tbe movements
now in progress in Western Virginia will remem
ber that the Confederate force bus rnaiuiy coocen- j
trated at Bealingtou aud Laurel Hill, thirteen
miles south of Phillippa, ou tbe main road leading
through Beverly, Huttonviile and Cheat Mountain
Gup, and thence ou through the heart of Y irginia .
to Staunton, and the beginning of direct railroad |
communication with Richmond. At this Confed- !
erate camp there are now near nine thousand sol- ;
diers, and there seems little room to doubt that
they are really under the command of the redoubt
able Wise. Besides this force at their advanced !
cunip, they have also troops at Beverly, Hutton- ,
ville aud the Gaps, though in what numbers now’
it is impossible to tell. The probability is that
they have concentrated all their available strength
ut the advance camp, merely leaving behind them
meu enough to garrison the towns aud keep their
communications open.
The Federal forces, on the other hand, are coa
centraling at two main points, Phillippi and
Clarksburg. When 1 tell you that, with the excep
tion of the troops absolutely needed to guard the
road and hold Graftou, aud of one regiment sta
tioned at Cheat river, all the troops in Western
Virginia have gone to Phillippi or Clarksburg,
you will have little difficulty iu comprehending
the contemplated movement. Iu addition to this
I may only add that the column from Clarksburg
commenced moving yesterday, June 26.
A correspondent of the same journal, writing
from Clarksburg, on the 2Sth, gives the following:
Six o’clock P. M.—The day closes amidst the
most conflicting aud exciting reports relative to
the movements of the rebels. It is now pretty
clearly ascertained that Governor Wise has oceu
pieu iiuohanan, at the head of seven thousand
men Major Bill Jackson is at Beverly with fifteen
hundred men, and another body is ut Webb’s
Mills, forty miles southeast of here. It will thus
be seen that a crisis is rapidly approaching. A
tight must take place within twenty-four hours.—
Gens. Schleich and Rosecrans are dispatching
Aids-de-Cauip in all directions; the guards have
! been doubled, uud the strictest orders isaued.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Cotton Convention.
FIRST DAY.
This Convention, which began its session at
Concert Hall, on the 4th instant, is composed of a
large number of intelligent aud sagacious meu—
ia fact, trom the dignified demeanor and grave
aspect of the delegates, it resembles more a senate
of wise and able statesmen. Colonel James M.
Chambers, of Columbus, a fine specaraeu of an
urbane and polished gentlemen, was called upon
to preside over its deliberations. Col. J. J.
Groham was elected Secretary, aud T. R. Bloom
and J. T. Nisbet, Esq’rs, assistant Secretaries.
Mr. Roberts, of Cobb, offered a resolution to
appoint a Committo© on Commerce, aud a com
mittee upon th*- Government Loau, which gave
rise to a spirited debate, in which Ex Governor
Broome, of Fla., C. G. Baylor, of Marietta, and
Geu. Duff Greene, of Dalton, participated.
All these gentlemen, in this debate, gave strik
ing evidence of ability, and a thorough knowledge
of the subject under discussion.
Ex-Gov. Broome offered a substitute, which
was adopted, providing for the appointment of a
committee of eleven, to devise the best moans to
aid the Government.
Col. Washington, of Bibb, stated that the dis
tinguished Ex-Gov. C. 8. Morehead, of Kentucky,
wag in tbe city, und moved that a committee of
throe be appointed to invite him to a seat iu the
Convention.
The motion prevailed, aud a committee appoint
ed who retired, and iu a short time returned with
the distinguished son of the gallant Btate of Ken
tucky,
He was greeted with rapturous applause upon
his entrance, aud responded to this demonstra
tion in an eloquent and soul-stirring manner. Ex-
Gov. Morehead is a graceful and interesting
speaker. His persontlU is fine, and his appearance
majestic. He gave a glowing description of the
condition of Kentucky, and stated, notwithsta d
ing the overwhelming union majority in that
State, that were a vote takeu now upon the ques
tion whether she should go with the North or
South, that 29 out of every 100 would vote to go
South. The stand taken by the intense Union
men of that State, was that of neutrality. There
1 is a urge number of aged men, who fought under
the .Stars and Stripes in the Northwest, aud iu
in the Mexican war, from Vera Cruz to the Halls
of tbe Montezumas, whose reverence for the
Union amounts almost to idolatry, and who have
a lingering hope that by some miraculous power
the Union will be preserved ; but every young
! man in the State is heart and soul with the
* South.
Kentucky was virtually iu the situation of Mis-
I souri and Maryland. She had seven hundred
i miles of border on Abolition States, accessible by
1 means of numerous railroads, but only oue rail
: road from the South. A horde of 100,000 Aboli
] tionists could be poured into Kentucky in ten
days’ time, while reinforcements from the South
! could only cornc by one source, and therefore
| limited. It therefore behooved Kentucky <o be
‘ prulent, as her position was eminently a perilous
. oue But the great heart of Kentucky throbbed
1 in sympathy with the South. As fbr himself, he
had beeu a devoted Union man—was au intense
Union jnan until UiDColn’s proclamation of the
| 15th April. Then be felt that it was time to draw
i ‘die sword and throw away the scabbard. All that
|he uud, or was—his heart and soul, property and
| all—was dedicated to the cause of Southern inde
pendence, and old as he was, he stood ready to
ihoalder his musket in the ranks of his fellow
countrymen, to vindicate Southern rights and
honor upon the battle field. Every heart beat in
unisou with the conviction that our brave soldiers
in Virginia would conquer the proud cohorts of
Lincoln. But suppose our brave and gallant
brethren shall be driven out of the Old Dominion,
shall we yield up our arms and give up the con
test’ [Loud cries of No! No!] No! the blood
of our brave men fallen in such a conflict would
rise up as incense to nerve every Southern arm,
and invigorate every Southern heart to re doubled
efforts iu this great cam>e for liberty and justice.
Tbe speaker was loudly applauded.
Geu. Duff Green, a venerable patriarch of three
score yers and ten delivejed a philosophical dis
quisition upon the relative merits of the free labor
of the North and the slave labor of tbe South, and
the way to increase tbe stability of our own Gov
vernment. He was listened to with marked and
profound attention.
Wilk K. Call, of Florida, introduced a set of re
solutions relative to the manner of taking the loan,
which elicited some discussion.
Gen. Duff Green opposed the resolutions iu a
pointed speech, and Wilk K. Call defended them
in a speech of great power and beauty. Mr. Call
is an eloquent and forcible speaker. They were
finally referred to the appropriate committee.
C. G. Baylor offered a resolution concerning the I
introduction of 9pun cotton into German markets, ;
which was adopted.
Hon. E. A. Nisbet, member of the Confederate
Congress, was called upon to give his views con
cerning the loan of the Government, and respond
ed in bis usual clear, chaste and elegaut manner.
On motioD, Gen. Duff Green was added to the
committee of eleven.
SECOND DAT
We regret that owing to the late hour at which j
tbe Convention adjourned yesterday evening, we i
are unable to give a syDcpsis of the debate and !
proceedings. Suffice it to sav that every subject
that engaged the attention of tbe Convention, was
ably, minutely aud thoroughly discussed. A re
solution was adopted declaring the willingness of
the ootton plaoters to aid the Government with
their entire cotton crop.
From Pensacola.
A correspondent of the Mobile Rtquter under
date of Pensacola, July 2, has tbe following:
Gen. Bragg yesterday sent a note in charge of
Assistant Inspector General Slaughter with an
other officer, under a white flag, to Col. Brown,
at Fort Pickens. They were met at the usual
place of landing, and making known their mission
banded the note to the old Colonel, who with
trembling hand adjusted bis spectacles. Scanning
tbe superscription—^” To Col. Harvev Brown, oom
, mandiog at Fort Pickens" —he insultingly reiurn
-1 ed the paper, and without form or ceremony left
bis guests, who, disgusted with his rudeness, re
turned it, unopened, to Gen. Bragg. What its
! contents Were is not knewn, or at least publicly.
Old Brown is very punctilious, and must be ad
dressed as “ Col’ Harvey Brown, commanding
Department of Florida” The old fellow puts on a
good many airs about his “ department,” small as
it is.
Gen. Wm. H. T. Walker, the hero of a hundred
fields, visited the city to-day. He looks improved
in health, very much. He talks treely with hia
friends, and you can see light in every expression
of his soldier countenance. He dined with Capts.
Randall, Lanier and Crump, and his personal
friends and brother officers in the old army.
A Novel Fi xebal.— A few days since some of
the members of tbe ‘‘ancient and honorable Bean
Soup Fraternity,” attached to Due of the fine regi
ments now encamped in toe city limits, by way of
giving a hint to the Commissary’s department,
gut up, on an extensive scale, a muck funeral.—
When tbe hour appointed Dad arrived, and ‘‘peas
upon the trencbei” sounded for dinner, a proces
sion was seen to slowly emerge from the quarters
ol acompaov who had for a long time uttered
complaints against tbe quality and quantttv of
their ‘‘grub” in tbe following order : Corporal’s
guard, with brooms reversed; music, a frying
pan ; the officiating minister ; tbe corpse, a pot
ot bash and a fried three year old salt shad, on a
biershrouded with black cambric, borne by four
pall-bearers, and flanked by a guard of nonor;
friends and acquaintances of the deceased in deep
mourning. Toe line of march was taken up for a
prominent spot iD the encampment, where tbe
corpse was to have been interred with appropri
ate ceremonies, hut before they had
far on their route, the crowed became so large
and tumultnous that the men were ordered back
to their quarters, debarring them from giving the
corpse a Ohristian burnt— Wathinyton Republic,
an.
(ftjjttmiflc & Jlratinfl.
AUGUSTA, GAm
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JCLY 10, 1861.
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The Crops.
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ness or other matters, to keep ns posted as to the
state of the crops in their neighborhoods- A few
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crop reports been looked , for so eagerly as they
have been and will be in this.
Appointment**.
Hon. A. 11. Stkuhens, announces that he will
address the people of the Kightn Congressional
District on the subject of the proposed Govern
ment loan, to be made in cotton and other pro
ductions, at the places, and on the days following,
to wit :
Augusta, Thursday, July 11.
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Rains.—Frequent aad oopious showers have fal
len in this vicinity, within the past few days; but
very little rain, however, has fallen in this city.—
The storms as they rise, before reaching us, have
divided, and other localities have been favored
instead of us. One mile south of Augusta, there
was a heavy rain storm on Sunday, of nearly two
hours duration, while here there was a light show
er. The raiDS seem to travel just now in 3treaks,
as we are informed that one plantation would be
deluged, while on tbe other immediately adjoining, j
the dust would bo flying. Much good has been
done to the languishing corn crop by these rains.
Augusta has only done her duty nobly in }
the war, but she ba? been honored above all her j
sisters we believe, in regard to offic es. She has ;
furnished three Colonels, Weight, Jackson, Me- j
Laws, and tbe Tenth Regiment (or 2nd Indepen
dent) has nearly all its field officers from our city.
McLaws, Ccmming, Weems, Swinney. Tbe Adju
tant, Napier, we believe is from Macon.
Augusta Factory.—The following is a state
ment of the cotton consumed and goods manufac
tured at the Augusta Factory for the year ending
June 22, 1661:
Bales cotton coDEumed 2,497
Cost 1163,400
PRODUCTION.
Pieces. YarcU. Bales.
4-4 brown sittings 86.94 i 1,869,021 1,566
7-8 brown
7-8 brown oriiis 9 <8 454
No. If 8 OX > OCiSkbw*- . 9 9*o 344.960 486
No. 2 (7 oz ; Oanaburgs 7.478 265.816 874
107.041 YWO.7S6 1,722
Aggregate amount of wazes paid ssfi,3v9
number of operaiivee employed 366
Number of operatives now employed . 419
The Fourth
Was generally observed in our city, but the
demonstrations were less noisy and stirring than
usual. Most of the stores were closed, and busi
ness generally suspended. There was no public
demonstration, no parade, orations, or any thing
of the sort, but the people kept a pretty quiet holi
day. The boys were out in force occasionally du
ring the day, fire-crackers were touched off, pis
tols fired, Ac., but we heard of no private battery
of repeaters, and the like of that. There were but j
few accidents, and altogether not a very exciting
time. The weather was cool, cloudy, delightful;
and we observed a handsome display of Confeder
ate bunting fromjvarious points. One of tbe new.
est, brightest, prettiest flags was flung from the
staff at the top of our neighbor Platt s furniture
ware-rooms.
Commandant of the Georgia Military Insti
tute.—The Marietta Advocate of the 25th ult. says:
We learn, with much pleasure, that Mr. Joseph C.
Eve has been elected commandant of the Georgia :
Military Institute. Mr. Eve is well known in this
community, having been a graduate of the class
of 1556. In every respect, as a man and as an
officer, he will occupy tbe position with credit to
himself and to tbe institution.
The Faculty of the Institute is now complete
and worthy of all confidence.”
Trouble Among Our Volunteers at Forts
mouth.
Wc regret to bear that there is serious diasatis- j
faction m the Third Regiment, Col. W right, at
Portsmouth. We have been shown a letter, in
which it is stated that several of the officers aod
about seven hundred of the men belonging to the
regiment had signed a petition, requesting the
Colonel to resign. Col. Weight, hearing of it,
made the Regiment a speech, declaring it ad sor*
ganized mob, Ae. Calling the officers together,
he stated thst some of them had been guilty of j
trying: to excite mutiny. Captain Blodget, of tbe
Blodget Volunteers, who had signed the petition ;
requesting Col. Wright to resign, then stepped |
forward and said he bad never disobeyed any or
der, had always maintained strict discipline in his
company, but that he had sigued the petitiod, be
lieving that the humblest citizen of the Coutode
rate Slates had the right of petition guaranteed,
and that as Colonel Wright had been elevated by
their votes, the officers and men of the Regiment
I could respectfully petition him to resign.
: W'hereupon Capt. Blodget was ordered to de
! liver up his sword and consider himself under ar
i rest. There was great momentary excitement,
j many of his men, and some of the Young Guard,
j crying out “don’t give up your sword, Captain.”
But Captain Blodget restored quiet, and surren
dered his sword, and since last Saturday, when
this occurred, has been under arrest. We suppose
there will be a Court Martial ordered by'President
Davis, when the whole matter will bo rigidly in
vestigated. We anxiously await further and full
er particulars, and the action of the Court Mar
tial.
Sumter Flying Artillery.
This fine body of meu, from Sumter County,
Ga., arrived here by tbe Augusta A Savannah
Railroad Sunday morning, speuding the Sab
bath iu the city, and taking the cars for V irgiuia
that evening. The company is under command of
Capt. A. S. Cctts, an efficient officer and thorough
soldier, who served his country with honor in ibe
Mexican War. The Artillery have ou their mus
ter roll I*4 men—l6o of whom passed through j
yesterday. It is an independent organization, but
President Davis, rightly judging that such men
would be of infinite service on tbe field, accepted
them, and will furnish them with horses, canuou,
and other artillery equipments, when they arrive
at Richmond. When the tug of war actually
conies, look out for gallant deeds by the Sumter
Flying Artillery.
The company, daring their stay here yesterday,
wtre entertained by our citizens in that hospitable
manner for which they are distinguished. In this
! connection we cheerfully publish the following
I resolution of thanks, unanimously passed by the
! Sumter Flying Artillery u t their departure from
Augusta :
Augusta, July Ytb, 1861.
j The Sumter Flying Artillery, having enjoyed
I during the day the generous hospitalities of the
I citizens ; it is, therefore,
J Resolted , That our sincere thanks arc due them,
and to the ladies especially, for their expressions
I of regard for the soldier in the well-timed refresh
ments so hauUsomely furnished us.
1 In the forenoon, the troops attended divine
service at the First Baptist Church. The quiet,
orderly deportment of the soldiers was the theme
of general remark.
Departure of the Davis Musketeers. —The
Davis Musketeers, Capt. T. C. Conk—the tejth
company from this city for the Confederate Army
—left for Virginia last week An immense crowd,
friends aud relatives of the members, were at the
Depot to see them off, aud the Home Guard of the
Washington Artillery paid them duo honors by a
parting salute.
The Musketeers have been for some time iu*
camp here, and have been perfecting themselves,
as far a3 possible iu military discipline, aud iuur
ing themselves to the duties and hardships conse
quent upon camp life. We believe they Will, when
mustered into service, become excellent soldiers,
and do credit to the city whence they came.
Previous to their departure, a handsome flag
was presented to them, in an appropriate address
by Dr. DeSausscrb Ford, to which Capt, Cone
fittingly responded.
We hope to be able to publish the muster roll
ot the Musketeers, as we have those of our other
Augusta companies; and, so soon as the list is
completed, the proper officers will oblige us and
others by furnishing tbe same for publication.
A detachment of the Atlanta Volunteers pr.se
ed through here last Thursday for Virginia-
Floyd Rifles. —A deiachment for tbe ranks of
this corps, went through Augusta Thursday.
The Houstou County Volunteers, Capt. Geo. W.
Wimberly, and the Lee County Volunteers, .Capt.
J. W. Stoke3, passed through this city on their
way to Virginia, last Thursday. They belong to
the Tenth Georgia Regiment, recently rendez
voused at Atlanta, and were sally armed equipped.
The Beauregard Rifles, Capt. J. G. Wood, from
Tunnell Hill, und the Walton Infantry, Capt. M.
Y. Ncnnaly, from Walton county, passed through
this city last Saturday.
Detachments of the Americug Volunteers, 22
men ; and the Talladega Artillery, 22 men, went
through the city en route for Virginia, Saturday
gJCapt. J. P. Girakdey, of the Washington Ar
tillery, uow on duty Pensacola, arrived in town
ou a abort visit to relatives and friends, Sunday
morning. Ho is looking well, und reports bis
troops iu good health aud spirits.
Vote on tbe Constitution. —The polls were
opened at tbe City Hall Tuesday and the follow
ing small vote cast
For Ratification, 124
Against 44 60
Majority for Ratification, 64
The vote on the new Constitution iu Savannah
stood for Ratification, 179, uo Ratification, 228.
Tbe vote at Washington (Wilkes couuty,) on
the Constitution, stood—for ratification SB; against
114.
The returns of the election held ou the 2nd, in
relation to the ratification of the new Constitu
tion, show a very meagre vote, and that the peo.
pie cared almost nothing about tbe matter.
In addition to what we have already given we ap
pend a few more returns
Rat’ri, No Kat'n.
Marietta 156 £4
Lawrencevillo 19 200
Dougherty county 100 12
Griffin .*7l 19
Ft. Gaines B 4 23
In Bainbridgc no election was held, aud the
Sumter Republican and Carterville Express make
no mention of any election in Sumter and Cass.
So far as heard from the vote stands for ratifica
tion 1654, against 914—majority 740
Accidentally Shot.—We leafn that, while a
party of men were shooting at a mark near the
city Thursday a ball glanced and struck Mr. W.
H. Coats in the head, penetrating the skull. U
was feared the injuries would prove fatal.
Drowned.— Two mulatto girls, Sarah aud Mary
Allman, were drowned last week lu the sluice
between the Canal and the Water Works jumps.
The discovery of a portion of their clothing upon
the bank, led to a search, and their bodies were
found this morning. It is supposed they com
mitted suicide. An inquest was held bv tbe Cor
oner, but we have not as yet learned the tenor of
the verdict.
Since writing the above, we are informed that
one of the girls was the property of Judge
Robertson, and the other was free. One of them
had been heard to say that she would drown her
self, and it is therefore quite probable that they
both premeditated self destruction. The verdict
at the inquest was in accordance with these facts.
To tlze Planters and People of Rich*
inond County.
The undersigned have been appointed Commis
sioners for the purpose of bringing to the atten
tion of the public in this county, and the dutriet
of country contiguous to it, the Act passed by the
Congress of the Confedeate States at its lastses
] sioD, authorizing the issuing of bonds for ibe pro
i ceeds of the sale of raw produce, aud of mitnufao
: tured articles; and for tbe purpose of soliciting
I and receiving subscriptions from the planters and
, people aforesaid. We accordingly announce, that
we are prepared to receive such subscriptions,
that one of us will at all tiroes (Sundays excepted,)
! be found at the Georgia Railr ad Bank, or the
j store of Pocllain &. Jenninos; and that with a
! view to bring this subject more iuiroedately
before their attention, we hereby give notice
that we will be glad to meet the planters and peo
pie of such county and district, on Tnursday, thb \
11th day of July, iost., at tbe Richmond Academy *
Lot, in the city of Augusta, where the matter will
be submitted to them, by the Hon. AnsXi.NDEa H.
Stephens, and where the undersigned will be
ready to receive subscriptions, and to appoint
oommitteeß for the purpose of aiding this work
in the several districts of this county.
We feel sure that our planters will give us a full
attendance, and that they ■ will not be found de
ficient in patriotism, as oompared with other part*
of our State.
E. Starves,
l. P. Gakvin r
A. Pocllain, f GomjaiiMbaers.
F. Phinizt, j
Wo would call attention te the above notice of
the Commissioners, and bespeak, (thongh it Is
hardly necessary,) such an attendan e of our peo
ple next Thursday, as tbe importance of tbe sub
ject and the distinguished character of the speaker
justify us in expecting.
The federal Union complains bitterly that some
one in this city has sent to that paper an Augusta
shinplaster, of the denomination of fifty cents.
The Nashville banner oi Sunday hoists at its
masthead the name of W, H. Potx as a candi
date for Governor, bopiDg thereby to secure har
mony in the State. The present incumbent, Gov.
Harris, who has neld the office two consecutive
terms, is warmly urged for a third by his particu
lar friends, but there is an old hostility against
him, and the precedent of three terms is consid- ’
ered dangerous. Election iu August.
The Troup Artillery, of Athens, left .Savannah
for Virginia on Monday.
The Courier oi yesterday announoes ibe death
of one oi the oldest and most esteemed citizens of
Charleston, Dr. Saxckl Wilson.
It is reported that Gov. Jackson, of Missouri,
,s in Nashville, soliciting aid from th. Volunteer
State to help drive out the Abolition invaders
trom Missouri. j
Tlie New OoiutUutlon.
Perhaps it may qe rather unprofitable now to ;
speak of the New Constitution, as the vntc has 1
been taken, and the question decided, though the
indications are that the vote was very tuuall—al- i
most the farce of an election—the people cariuir j
very little about tbe na’terof a Constitution. But
a thousand voles mayhuve legally ratified the Con- j
stitution, if a less nu.aoet voted against it, or vice ;
versa,'a thousand votes may. have defeated it. Its
greatest recommendation to us wa9 the slight re- j
ductioa of the Legislature it secured, and for even i
that little wo could kave supported it. 3u* tbe
uncertainty about rep re ant at itc population !ost it I
many votes it wouid have otherwise got. If the i
basis of represeutatiou in tbo Constitution be all 1
right, as maDj suppose, we shall regret if it has
been defeated— if this be not clear aad Ivyond dis
pute, we shall regre* if i: has been ratified
We presume that tbo failure to declare what
was meauWby representative population was au
oversight only We are aware is at Mr. Hill, of
Troup, urged upon tbo Couveutiou at Savannah
the importance of referring the whole question of
retftcion to thd>Cmu<iUee au the Con&'itution, iu
order to secure certai i>ty ami uniform accuracy, aud
we snid then it ought to have been done. But this
portion of tba Constitution camo within the man
agement and control of the reduction Committee,
who seem to have been afraid to entrust the
whole subjoct of revision to the Com mil tee on the
Constitution, fi ariug that th it Committee might
• propose a different uod a juai aod fair scheme of
‘•eduction; aad so the DewJ Constitution was a
patchwork business, uud thia uruterSairUy has
crept in.
It is still contended, however, by many able
jurists, that while the oversight is unfortunate,
aud the phraseology changed by the ‘reduction
Cos m mi -tee, there b*s been uo real change of
principle. What constitutes representative pop
ulation is not a matter of inferouoe, bureau
only boa matter of laio. Representative popula
tion for the Confederate Slate.-, for the purposes
thereof (apportionmentof aud taxes)
aud representative population in oach of these
States may ba quite different. Iu the United
States Constitution u was declared what should
cooetitu o representative population lor its pur
poses, but muuy of ‘ States had their represen
tative population different. Aud iu the Cunfede
, rule Cocsfitutia representative population is dis-
I fereut from that iuthe United Status Constitution,
; aud iu the old Coustituiiou of Georgia. Ibe Con
federate Constitution makes its basis all free per
sons, regurdlesß of color, and three fifths of all
slaves. But that is net necessarily the baam for j
Georgia, when this State organizes her repreeen- j
tstive branch of tbe Legislature. Notwhhstand-|
ing the Confederate Constitution, Georgia may j
still have a repreeeLtauve basis entirely different, |
i if she chooses, aud nearly thirty years ago a white j
I oasis Constitution was made and offered to the j
I voters oi Georgia, aud voted down. Georgia may
| vet have a white bek ie if a majority of the voters
| obcotso, but wc shall always oppes© It.
No** tbe new Coußtitat.ou apportioua Kepre
j acututives in tbe Legislature aceordiug to repre
i sentative poputatiou, but laiiiug to declare wb&t
1 shall constitute represeuiative population, leaves
! tho matter to -infer*! too, leaves it in the dark, as
! we tbiuk, aud ou that account was highly objec
tionable. Bat r. worthy friend of ours, one of the
most distinguished lawyers and statesmen iu
Georgia, aud a member of the Convention, in a
recent letter relating lo other matters, f nays :
“It is net true that the old basi* of three-fifths
has been repudiated. The word representative
populatiou oan have uo meaning but that affixed
to it by law, at tlm linn <•/ tie uh. But suppose it
could have aaothop, what would that other mean
ing be? Papulation include* all —black, white,
j free and slave. , So that all negroes, instead of
! thrfefiftlu, would be counted.”
| “Tbe tbrec-n'.ths rule was adopted originally,
I not to enlarge, hut to nMrict, representative popu
| lation. Without that rule, all negroes would have
been oouuted, being as much yortoM iu tho politi
cal state as wovw and Mi-ire*.”
And with this opiuion ol our friend, bo much
better qualified to give an opinion ou the matter
thau ourselves, we leave Cue aulject.
Fiie Movemtm lu East Teiiiio.-tce.
A coustderable degree ot‘ apprehension is felt
as totbe position East Te’.uitr.-'Cu may tii.uiiy as
su-ne. It is well known that that portion of tbe
i State is opposed, or wus opposed, to separation
Item the United ijiatc. This was manifest by the
election of February, aud ttill again declared by
the poll of tha Sth of Jana. But what may now
bo the design, or w ish, of the majority in East
Tennessee is not fully kcoivu. An adjourned
Convention of Unionist!-, having no legal authority
to speak for tho citizeus of that section, a mass
Convention composed of county’ delegrates ap
pointed in May, before the June vote was taken,
has been held recently at. Greenevillo, the home oi
Anoy Johnson, and has assumed to speak for
East Tennessee. While these men had aef dele
gated power to act for tbe people In the last resort:
having not been fleeted, but simply appointed,.as
delegates are appointed to State or Congressional
nominating caucuses, by few loungers (..bout the
villages, it Is presumed tbst they represent the
present sentiment of a majority of tbo voters of
East Tennessee.
But this is only presumption, and rather a vio
lent presumption, we think. At th* election of
Juno and, the voto stood some 3S,otK) for the old
Union, to 14,000 agau-at it. Bnt we have no idea
that tho BS.OOO who then voted against separation
from the old UnioD, would now sauotlou a separa
tiou front their ritate und from their brethren of
the bouth, lu order to maintain their alhauce with
the North,under suon aguverumentas the United
States has uow bocoooe. Ibe people of East Ten
nessee have been greatly exasperated aud embit
tered by the conduct of some of tboir selfish
leaders, who work upon popular prejudices and
urouse popular passions, in onier solely that they
may us', the peoplu to (ratify their own bates aud
animosities, when they non no longer use them
to secure positive benefits for themselves.
And they have been ieoeused aud outraged
too, to some extant, by the conduct of impru
dent aud viol.eat tueu iu tbe other parts of
tbe State. But that the Unionists have been
overawed by au organized terrorism iu that State,
is certainly not in e idence—especially not in
East Tennessee, wbers tuey wero in a large ma
jority.
The Greenevillo convention, computed as it
w as, and acting under no authority, except a pre
sumptive popular endorst,meut by the June vote,
has memoralixed the Legialature that East Teu
ueßsee be allowed to form a eeparato State, and
this memorial has been respectfully considered
and refused by the Legislature, turning the mat
ter over to tbe next Legislature, which will be
elected in August, we .believe. And we trust that
nothing mere serious may oome of this move
ment, but that the sober second thought of thp
people will induce them to continue their destiny
with Iheir Statc and tbe South. All their inter
ests, and without better evidence, we must think
all tbe sympathies ot a vtrj large majority of the
East Tennessee are witb the bouth aud against
tbe North. The chief difficulty, we apprehend,
arises from tbe infuriate partisan passions of tbe
people. Party feeliDg has become, with a vast
majority of the American people, the strongest,
the blindest, the most reckless passion of their
nature. *
A toothing policy with the East Tennesseeans
will doubtless prove to be tbe best iu tbe end.
For we cannot tbiuk that any very considerable
number of them—not even of their leaders—have
determined to he led by bimd passion against
their manifest interests. A few no doubt are and
liberate villains and lories at heart, men of the
basest instincts, crafty, cruel, bloodthirsty aßd
mean. But the mass of that people, if gently
loosed from their old party bates, we doubt not,
would willingly and joyfully east their lot with
Tennessee, for better, for worse. For even ad
milting tbe worst that these Greenville men say,
in their declaration of grievances, against tbe
Confederacy, assuredly they muet admit them
selves, when cooLsubar, that tbtra la better proa
pect for liberty, equably, prosperity, bappioeas
aud good government with us than with tba elu
Union, bay the meet ot us, but the f-jesl remains
that our rulura have not eel at naught the Consti
tution and laws wo hav. made for ontselves, aa
Lincoln baa done for the L’lioo. Our President
has not dc.ela.-ed war of hie own Biotmu, be baa
not called out troops aud organized Increased
army aod navy forces without iaw, he has nut
su*p.:B(i<- 1 tho writ of haJjfit corpus, he baa not,
by himself or his officials, invaded private prop
erty and private rights, or iu any manner sub
verted the Coustiiutiou aod !*•.>.-. When the
East Tennesseeans eooly reflect upon thi.re things
it is to be presumed that they will do ae ethi r
rational meu—do tbe best they can under the cir
cumstances, and stand by their State and the
rioutb. They may not like many things wo have
done; but is there any among them who, upon
calm reflection, likes the Lincoln inauogement
better, unless be expects direct personal advan
tage from tbe Lincoln Governaiuut, or U so in
grain tory? W hope not.
The C-ty Council ol Nashville hat unanimously
- passed resolutions appropriating half a million of
J dollars, in addition to)s3uO,(.K4j subscribed by the
i citizens, t> bay, build and furnisa a house for the
President of the Confederate dtates, and oelling
i oa the Legislature to otfer the use of the biale
; buildings to the Confederate Government.
The Yancey Rifles, a c mpauy of volunteer*
formed in Washington couQty, AU., leit Mobile j
i ou tbe 2ith instant for Virginia. They are com- j
j maoded by Capt. R. J- Fiotehor. a nephew of Gen. j
J Winfleld Scott. i
More Obns-“-Messrs. Qt moy A Robinson, tbe
well known fouudrymen at Memphis are casting
! cannon at the ra.e of one per day Tney are re
ceiving orders for .hem from ah sect,one. Tbe
! brass used m casting wem if *<* 01 !
Tennessee copper. - -
Mies Parcel. Conn-ngbsm, th. agent of the
Mount Vernon contribution., i. denounced ae a
i “.raitresa- or a PhiivdeipnmWfjl_
Georgia State STocas.-Tbree thoueand shares |
: Georgia Staie.S.xes were sold at ibe New kork j
: Stock Ezchagc, June per share. j
Majob Gunsbal Dix —Gen. Gix s commission
as Major General in tbe army bears date May 17, j
and the Journal of Commerce .ay s he ranks above
all other Major Generals, and iu oase of fcsoorr’a
death would be the Commander in-Chief.
Capt. W. 8. Gaaov, of Athene, Ga., has suc
ceeded in securing a plaoe for his company in the
North Carolina Army. He will be in Franklin,
N. 0., on bt.nrday the ath iait.
B‘resii!cu.it ato j c , s
ft* nave read me *
some curiosity, b ut bave derived * “
r “'W i.., ■
’ p “'■■■'Jr, .. r>port,d b,
SX2ZZI2Z *?**'**•
rth , n . at ® r - Lincoln wrote it. It is
uVpre 1 t d CU 7’ Ve '’ baps ’ t 0 “take oufclearlv what
Z Xr. “"’■‘"•■'V' 1 ”
/ *” flitQture. Yerv s l rani?e soma
I one rnny gav hn „ . J range, some
| fnror n‘” * 0 Cuu ma^e ou t Lincoln in
! to place at Congress
! and four hundred millb Jr'"* 400,000 ‘ Den
: verv rnc-m u - ,03 ** money. It is that
very recommendation that , ..
; strongest evideuce that the Ann •
! seeking peace. Mr Ll ‘ Aat “'°'>‘ration is
, - * . ‘ “iWcoLjr recapitulates ths
h.stony oi the secession movement up , d „ t
of h,s lnaugurauou, then states what he ha, done
since on bis own responsibility, j B obedience to
popular demands, end as a public necessity whfch
had thus to be met or else surrender the Govern
ment, and then tells Congress he hope, , hllt bod .
j WIU d0 ,U rs, t *~ ,he dut ? bring what he and Con
gress know to be an xmpo.’iiikty, th, rfti , m
| arming, and equipping ol 400,000 men, and tho
| providing of four hundred millions of money
| Tbe message is simply this, as we translate tt
I I have doue what I could Wo far, and havo CC ooiu.
plished nothing. This war meat, have a speedy
dose, or we will all.be ruined. To secure a short
aud decisive rout of tho rebels, we must have
this euormous amount of men aud money—and
the Lord knows we oau'l raiaq either. Now, rep.
restntetives, if you want to oipertmeut furth r
furnish tho men aud money; it you want to try
your hands iu cloatug cut this busmeea in a sea
j son, hurry up the soldiers and the tneaua to sup-
I port them, always bearing iu mind tho tucceeees
■ wa bum so far had. With the fear of the radicals
of his party before bis .yes, Mr. LiKOOUr dare not
j directly advocate peace, but be does the next
| thing to It, shows his people what an amount of
i treasure and of blood they must prepare for, if
the war is to go om It is a careful play, after the
B.rald'e lead.
Mr. Lincoln f>uts an extinguisher on the neu
trality of Kentucky aud Maiyinud, declaring that
to b “disunion complete.” Maryland will soou
show she meaus disunion complete, aad Keutuckv
will not be far bebiud her, or wo are much mista
ken. Tbe indissolubility of tbo Union Mr. Lix-
Opts makes out clear ly enough on paper, but the
fact is qaite ditferent. Ue insists too that it must
be demonstrated that they who can not take the
government by votee ouu neither take tt by war,
but that is not by any means a necessary sequence,
! unless it wvre universally Irue that victory de
! peuds solely on numbers. But it is quite a mis
; apprehension on Mr. Lincoln's part to suppose
|we want to take A U government by arms. We
have no desire of the sort, wc wish ouly to set up
a government for ourselves, separate aud apart
trom his. We shall never interfere with the guv
ernthcni of the United Slates except it becomes a
beoessitv iu order to secure our owu indepen
dence. ft is possible that this thiua may be pushed
so far that it will become necessary for us to put
down Mr. Lincolk and his government by arms,
rather ibau have'a disagreeable neighbor, but n o
have certainly set out with no such determination.
But read the message for yourselves.
Tiie Nrxt OovEiytua.—Tbe Southern Recorder
has raised to the head of its oolutuus the uarne of
Judge Thomas W. Thouias, of Elbert, as a can
didate lor Übvernor.
Tho Macon Messenger prefers Judge Cabauiss,
of Mouroe, but says :
“Perhaps tbe Hot). Jolid E. Ward, of Savannah,
would cumbiuc as muct strength, ult things con
sidered, as any other uiau in the State”
We think it about time “Old Chatham” was
furnishing a Governor to the State ; her last
representative in the Executive Chair, we believe,
was elected in 1813.
What says the Mate (we don't mean Gov.
Brown !) to Mr. Ward?
Wfe clip tbe above Irom the Savannah Republi
can 0( tbo 4tfi, and cau say, for our party thal
Mr. Wabd would be quite us acceptable perhnps
10 the mass of the voters of Georgia as any man
whose name has been suggested, lie is justly re
garded as one of the aides*, the most polished,
courteous aud high toned gentlemen in the State,
and Uis selection would givo very general saiis
factiou. As old parties are done away
and to be ignofed for tbo future, ire see uo ob
stacle in the way oi a general concentration on
Mr. Wash j aud bis absouco from the State for
some years, his freedom from complicity with
any of the issues and strifes of tho last twelve
months, would seem to point him out aa peculiarly
fitted to unite oil our people, and thus avoid the
bilteraeJS i-ud wrangling to which wo have so
long been acoustomed, and which all patriots sin
cerely deplore, aud would have done with for
ever.
CousTiureiT on tux Mucax.Nica’ Bank.—lt has
been pretiy generally noticed by the press, that
spurious ten dollar uutes on tbe Mechanics’ Bank,
of Augusta, were iu circulation, and tbe public
duly cautioned to watcnfulueaa. The total dis
similarity of the bills, to one familiar with the
only issue ot “Tens'’ by ibis Bank, would render
the detection of the spurious note an eary matter
But the plausible execution ol tbe latter, it being
priutod on a genuine plate, and presenting abaud
souio appearance, makes It a daugerous counter
feit to tbo many who are not familiar With the
appearauce of the geauiue uoto. The following
partial diagram of the ge'uulne aud tho spurious
note will givo a more definite idea of their gent
ral eppearauce, and may boos service to our
readers:
THE ONLY ISSUE OF 10'S lit THE BANK.
“.’Vi ,-eA- 1.--— —-IGtrK TT
J” into
! **.! Bt^l^ib.
I’ujtorf tiiabuijce. PjejUire
* M.*Juaulcd UftOX
Fromisoe to j ay or beaiw Ttu
I O doUa.ru oLd’.m-.ud X
, August
M. Hatch, fr., T. S. Mttoif. Pt.
coioicd iuk tu tbe gcuudc tiillj
[flguxiora notb .)
! q, ri of Aujrurta, | - A 1
| iu Will pay TVI to tho bearir i 10 j
jooiieoauid. Auguritu.
ST Hatch, Cr. Thou. S. lit . iIf.TTT
iicctmaic a work f-U anica at
with very Heavy* (Capit4l, worktu i u .Ldry
fimin# Ut’.v.
■ IT? e wunt “Tan.” in oapitA’ Intern, printed In Dtl ink. aero*,
the oentre of BiJL and Lite letter A !u tu blue ai the
foot. ri#na urt-eof Freeidcot aud Ciubisr lu the Centre of the,
Lilli.j
j Army Camp CntST for President Davis.—
i Mcfesra. 0. A. Platt & Cos., of thie city, Lave just
I completed a handsome suostantial “Army
{ Cuaip Chest,” which is intended as a present for
j Preside at Jefferson Davis. We gave a brief
| description of this excellent invention a short
| time siuce. When the President, as CorDmauder
| )u*Chlef of the Confederate forces, taken the field
j in person, this chest, we have uo doubt, will form
i part of his camp equipage, and he caunot but ap
j preciute it highly.
This cbett contains the following articles : Six
[dates, six tumblers, six cups, six knives aod
forks, six table spoons, six tea spoons, one steel
and corkscrew, one water pitcher, one frying pan
1 oue btew pan, one dish pau, ouu wash busin, one
i toa kettle, one ootfee pot, one coffee mill, oue
| carving knife, one sharpening fctoae, oue pepper
| box, one salt box, one ot us feet.
Augusta's Contribution to the War.— This
city has now furnished ten companies for the war
: —nearly one thousand gallant and courageous
I soldiers the very pick aud flower of our citizens.
I The followiog is a list of the companies, with the
date of their departure :
April I—Oglethorpe Infantry.
44 I—Walker Light Infantry.
“ 18—Washington Artillery.
14 29—Blodget Volunteers.
44 80—Confederate Light Guards.
May 7—Clinch Rifles.
44 7—lrish Volunteers.
41 24—Letcher Guarda.
u 28—Independent Bines
July 2—Davia Musketeers.
Notice to the Charitable.— The ladies of the
vioinity of the bouth Carolina Depot have, for
home time, voluntarily and generously furnished
but coffee aud other refreshments to the troops
eu route for the beat of wrr. Although the kind
ueim le reucered with the greatest cheerfulness,
the tax upuu those benevolent ladies should not
he too heavy ; and therefore it Is proposed to di
vide the labor aud expeuse. A subscription paper
will he kept at tue store of Messrs. Wright k Al*
jlXandkii, that those who feel inclined may c<-n
----tnbuia J ancle to purchase cufiee* sugar, Ac., for
this object. Aup of hot Ooffee l# the most pala
table uud liuur.ahiug drink we can net before tue
weary way-worn coidier. We are confident we
have only to make this suggestion to have it
heartily responded to.
I Andrew Johnson a loar by iixucE.vT.-Tbe
Knoxville foguter .'*eru, on the authority of a
giutlemaa woo has true*! the traitor’, lineage,
“ that Aadv Jobosoa is of tory deaueut. Ab.aiom
; Johnson, a grandfather of Andy, waa a South
Carolina tory through the ReVoluUoaary war, aad
i „u tbe deSceadauta and family connections in that
, gtat. are breaded with teryiem to this day.’’
I Iu there not aomo mistake about this ?We have
aa ladißtiuot reooUeot ou of leading, a fee- years
; ago, a maUe by Kev. Wu. G. Bxownlow, in
i >ae’hvtlle, repeated iu Knoxville, and afterwards
i published in tho Knoxville Whig, iu which, if w*
recoiiect anght.it waa stated that AndT Johnson’s
I family were North Carolinians, that many of them
were horae thieves and each characters, and
: that ao me of them had been whipped at tbe pillory
aud branded, aod perhapa some eut to the pen!-
j tentiary. We think Bkownlqw also Raid that
i most people had some mean kin, but AndT had no
j Other sort. Now all this dona not preclude the idea
I of tory deeeeut, but may goat collateral evident*
to pro’ • it—that is, a family of boras thieves may,
without violence, bo presumed to oorno of tory
•tock, bqt let North, not South Carolina, bear the
shame of being tbe home of eueb a people, if
BaoWNLow’s etatement was right.
The Comet.—^We omitted paying oar respect*
[ to ttie great oomet, ou its first appearance in tbe
Northwestern heavens night before last, buthaete
to make the amende at this late hour. It le ready
a maguificeut display—so exhibition of celestial
pytotechuica that cau’t be beat hereabouts. Tbe
clear, beautiful nights we are now having afford
an excellent opportunity for seeing this oomet.
Its nucleus is a large aud well defined body of
light, while its “coutiouaiiuD,” apparently a mass
of lumiuous vapor, stretches off grandly into
space. This heavenly visitant has oome unher
alded, as far as we knuw. We might speculate
largely as to wbeoce it comes, what is its mission
and where it will go to when it gets tired of shoot
ing about here in our field of vision—but we
haven’t tbe spaoe, nor our roaders the patience to
boar with our lucubrations on tho autyeot.